USA HISTORY

What did President Roosevelt and the government do in reaction to the fear that any American with Japanese decent might attack the U.S.?

(A) Treated the Japanese soldiers in Japan terribly

(B) Used the atomic bomb in Japan because of this

(C) ** Relocated Japanese Americans to internment camps in the U.S.

(D) Removed all Japanese-Americans and sent them back to Japan

Concept note-1: -Issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, this order authorized the forced removal of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to “relocation centers” further inland – resulting in the incarceration of Japanese Americans.

Concept note-2: -ER and Internment Eleanor Roosevelt opposed internment and tried to stop FDR from issuing Executive Order 9066.

Concept note-3: -Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. In an effort to curb potential Japanese espionage, Executive Order 9066 approved the relocation of Japanese-Americans into internment camps.

Concept note-4: -The attack on Pearl Harbor also launched a rash of fear about national security, especially on the West Coast. In February 1942, just two months later, President Roosevelt, as commander-in-chief, issued Executive Order 9066 that resulted in the internment of Japanese Americans.

Concept note-5: -Eighty years ago, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, stripping people of Japanese descent of their civil rights.